Alpine County Municipal Code Art. III Emergency Management Organization

The Alpine County emergency management organization consists of all officers and employees of the county of Alpine, its agencies, and special districts of Alpine County, together with all volunteers and all groups, organizations and persons commandeered under the provisions of the California Emergency Services Act and this chapter, with all equipment and material publicly owned, volunteered, commandeered or in any way under the control of the aforementioned personnel, for the support of the aforementioned personnel in the conduct of emergency operations. (Ord. 719 § 3.1, 2016)

The Alpine County emergency management organization shall be activated, and function only:

A. Upon the existence of a state of war emergency;

B. Upon the declaration by the Governor of the state of California, or of persons authorized to act in his/her stead, of a state of emergency affecting and including Alpine County;

C. Upon the declaration of a local emergency by the board of supervisors of Alpine County, or by persons herein authorized to act in its stead;

D. Upon the declaration of a public health emergency by the board of supervisors of Alpine County, or by persons herein authorized to act in its stead;

E. The operational area is requesting resources from outside its boundaries, except those resources used in normal day-to-day operations which are obtained through existing agreements providing for the exchange or furnishing of certain types of facilities and services on a reimbursable, exchange, or other basis as provided for under the Master Mutual Aid Agreement; or

F. The operational area has received resource requests from outside its boundaries, except those resources used in normal day-to-day operations which are obtained through existing agreements for the exchange or furnishing of certain types of facilities and services on a reimbursable, exchange, or other basis as provided for under the Master Mutual Aid Agreement. (Ord. 719 § 3.2, 2016)

The emergency management organization shall be composed of such elements as are provided for in the county of Alpine emergency operations plan. The emergency operations plan shall provide for the organization of the emergency management organization, utilizing the concepts of the standardized emergency management system (SEMS). The officers of the county of Alpine shall have the duty and authority to plan for the mobilization, operation and support of that segment of the emergency management organization for which each is responsible as provided for in the emergency plan. (Ord. 719 § 3.3, 2016)